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Subject: [gweekly] Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter" <gweekly@listserv.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:37:08 -0500 (CDT)
This is Project Gutenberg's Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet
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We Are On Schedule To Do 100 Etexts This Month!
And Next Month Will Have Five Wednesdays, So We Should Do It Again.
[Detailed figures below]
We STILL need a volunteer in North Dakota to be our legal presence there.
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We need people in the following countries to handle "life +50" books,
such as 1984 and Animal Farm, by George Orwell, and more. . . .
We are hoping some people in these countries will make Etext sites.
WARNING!!! Canada is hiding it, but they are contemplating moving
to "life +70". . .so if you want to get these and pass them on in
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Here is a list of the Etexts posted since last Wednesday.
For "instant" access to our new Etexts you can surf to:
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You will need the first five letters of the filenames listed below.
Most of our readers missed our announcements of at least one of these before:
Jan 2003 The Dragon and the Raven, by G. A. Henty[Henty #3][tdatrxxx.xxx]3674
Jan 2003 Out Of The Triangle, by Mary E. Bamford [outrixxx.xxx]3660
[Since these were left out of the totals before, they are included this week]
REposted
Jan 2003 Oscar Wilde, His Life & Confessions, V1 by Harris [1whlcxxx.xxx]3662
[Author's Full Name: Frank Harris] [This was not listed as volume 1 of 2]
And here are the 24 new releases for this week.
24 Etext per week would yield 1248 per year, or
just over 100 per month.
Mar 2003 The Entire Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset [CM#46][cm46bxxx.xxx]3883
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v7 [CM#45][cm45bxxx.xxx]3882
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v6 [CM#44][cm44bxxx.xxx]3881
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v5 [CM#43][cm43bxxx.xxx]3880
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v4 [CM#42][cm42bxxx.xxx]3879
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v3 [CM#41][cm41bxxx.xxx]3878
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v2 [CM#40][cm40bxxx.xxx]3877
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XV/XVI, by Hausset, v1 [CM#39][cm39bxxx.xxx]3876
Feb 2003 Foul Play, by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault [foulpxxx.xxx]3702
Feb 2003 Letters From High Latitudes, by Lord Dufferin [hilatxxx.xxx]3701
[Author's Full Name: The Marquess of Dufferin]
Jan 2003 The Courtship of Susan Bell, Anthony Trollope[#17][crtsbxxx.xxx]3700
Jan 2003 Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, by Trollope [#16][sarjkxxx.xxx]3699
[Full Names: Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica, by Anthony Trollope]
Jan 2003 The Task and Other Poems, by William Cowper [#1][ttaskxxx.xxx]3698
Jan 2003 A Century of Roundels, by Swinburne [Swinburne #4][cnrndxxx.xxx]3697
[Author's Full Name: Charles Algernon Swinburne]
Jan 2003 The Prince and the Page, by Charlotte M. Yonge[12][prcpgxxx.xxx]3696
95
Jan 2003 Every Man Out Of His Humour, by Ben Jonson[Ben #2][emohhxxx.xxx]3695
Jan 2003 Every Man In His Humour, by Ben Jonson [Jonson #1][emihhxxx.xxx]3694
Jan 2003 Louisa of Prussia and Her Times, by L. Muhlbach #7[luisaxxx.xxx]3693
[Variant spellings: Louisa, Louise, Luise Muhlbach; and Luise von Muhlbach]
Jan 2003 The House of Life, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti [thslfxxx.xxx]3692
Jan 2003 Little Wars, by (H)erbert (G)eorge Wells[Wells#20][ltwrsxxx.xxx]3691
90
Jan 2003 Floor Games, by (H)erbert (G)eorge Wells[Wells#19][flrgmxxx.xxx]3690
Jan 2003 Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, Paris To Rome [1loflxxx.xxx]3689
[Full Title: Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1]
[From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso]
and, of course. . . .
Jan 2003 The Dragon and the Raven, by G. A. Henty[Henty #3][tdatrxxx.xxx]3674
Jan 2003 Out Of The Triangle, by Mary E. Bamford [outrixxx.xxx]3660
Jan 2003 Oscar Wilde, His Life & Confessions, V1 by Harris [1whlcxxx.xxx]3662
[Author's Full Name: Frank Harris]
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Our Total For The Year Is About 652 For The First 7 Months,
or 93 Per Month. . .This Would Yield 1117 For The Year. . .
Total
Newsdate Etexts Avg/wk
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
July Total 96
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
May Total 109
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 282 21.69
And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 326 20.38
A Little About Last Weeks Headlines. . . .
Vladimir Katalov reports from the frontline
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=179
Who really owns AEBPR Copyright?
In the U. S. District Court criminal complaint that led to the recent
arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov, a special agent for the FBI made several
references to copyright ownership of the controversial eBook decrypting
software. Sklyarov, an employee of ElcomSoft Ltd., appears to have been
singled out for arrest -- several other ElcomSoft employees were also in
the U.S. at the same Las Vegas conference -- at least in part because
Adobe Systems investigators identified him to the FBI as being the
copyright owner for the company's Advanced eBook Processor software. But
a closer look reveals that may not be true.
http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1546
Thought you guys might wannt to see the interview with Dmitri. One of
the local Las Vegas stations managed to get an exclusive.
http://www.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr_story=ebdf5e74fbe7141ec78657bf06334
7072e9748f6
Some of you with Macs and Linux boxes may have problem accessing the
site's interface, so here are the Real Media URLs:
Broadband:
rtsp://a555.r.akareal.net/ondemand/7/555/1471/v001/feedroom.download.aka
mai.com/1471/20010718/russianhacker-pkg_bb_90ace3f1ed78c782cbe99741b299f
07b64ebaba7.rm
Narrowband:
rtsp://a555.r.akareal.net/ondemand/7/555/1471/v001/feedroom.download.aka
mai.com/1471/20010718/russianhacker-pkg_5489eca21ffba6acbeb27ae12eeb8127
1e8fadec.rm
This is from the Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
"Adobe, Electronic Frontier Foundation Call for Release
of Russian Programmer
"For Immediate Release: July 23, 2001
"San Jose, Calif. - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) and the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today jointly recommend the
release of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov from federal custody.
"Adobe is also withdrawing its support for the criminal complaint
against Dmitry Sklyarov.
...
" 'We strongly support the DMCA and the enforcement of copyright
protection of digital content,' said Colleen Pouliot, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel for Adobe. 'However, the prosecution of
this individual in this particular case is not conducive to the best
interests of any of the parties involved or the industry. ElcomSoft's
Advanced eBook Processor software is no longer available in the
United States, and from that perspective the DMCA worked. Adobe will
continue to protect its copyright interests and those of its
customers.' "
and now to our normal headlines. . . .
ADOBE CHIMES IN, ASKS GOVERNMENT TO FREE DMITRY
Adobe Systems is asking the government to release Russian programmer Dmitry
Skylarov, who was arrested last week in Las Vegas for violating the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by trafficking in code used to break the
encryption used to protect Adobe's eBook Reader software. An international
"Free Dmitry" movement has protested the government's action, which was
taken at Adobe's urging. Adobe now says that although it strongly supports
the DMCA and the enforcement of copyright protection of digital content, it
believes that " the prosecution of this individual in this particular case
is not conducive to the best interests of any of the parties involved or
the industry.'' A lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil
liberties advocacy group, said: "We explained to Adobe, imagine how you
would feel if one of your programmers was visiting in Russia and was
arrested for making software that was considered illegal there? It sort of
hit home with them that what they are doing here isn't right.'' However, a
government attorney prosecuting the case says: "This is a criminal case
brought by the United States against the defendant, and to that extent no
one else is a party.'' (San Jose Mercury News 24 Jul 2001)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/adobe072401.htm
[Bargain Hunters Delight!]
PC WORLDWIDE SALES LOWEST IN 15 YEARS
PC shipments fell 2% to 30 million units during the second quarter, Gartner
Research's Todd Kort says: "This is the first time we've had a worldwide
decline since 1986 on a year-over-year basis. Among the top five vendors in
the U.S., Dell was No. 1. They had a share of 23.6% of the market."
Shipments to Asia declined more than had been expected, and Europe
shipments also fell. Kort's analysis: "Without a major shift in the PC
industry structure, future sustained high-growth rates are improbable. For
the time being, vendors continue to opt for price-cutting rather than
changing PC design to stimulate growth." (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 20
Jul 2001) http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/007598.htm
[As I Said About Everything Becoming Pay-Per-View. . . .]
BRITANNICA ADDS FEES FOR FULL-TEXT ACCESS
Britannica.com has become the latest content-based Web site to acknowledge
the need to charge for its information, joining news sites like the Wall
Street Journal and Inside.com, which unveiled a redesigned version of its
media-news site Wednesday, along with a new pricing scheme. Britannica says
it will soon begin charging users $5 a month or $50 for a year of access to
the full online text of Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been free since
the site launched in October 1999. Banners and pop-up ads will be
restricted to the free parts of the site, where users will be able to read
the first few paragraphs of each encyclopedia article. Web readers "have to
face the real world -- which is that the broadcast-television model doesn't
work for three million independent Web sites," says Steve Brill, CEO of
Brill Media Holdings, which acquired Inside.com's parent company, Powerful
Media, in April. "It barely works for the four television networks." (Wall
Street Journal 19 Jul 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB995480679374172733.djm
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G8 SETS PLAN TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE
The Group of Eight's Digital Opportunity Task Force has produced
a report on tackling the global digital divide that calls for the
use of computers and technology as a way to fight poverty.
Vernon Ellis, international chairman of Accenture and a member of
the task force, said that technology can be used to improve
health and education and foster the growth of enterprise in poor
countries. Group of Eight members are urging the private sector
to help implement the nine strategies outlined in the report,
which include lowering the cost of Internet access and improving
connectivity, helping countries develop their own Internet plans,
and supporting entrepreneurs in these countries. The U.S.
government says it will allocate $100 million in funding to bring
the report's agenda to fruition, according to the Markle
Foundation.
(Reuters, 21 July 2001)
COPY-PROTECTED CDS QUIETLY SLIP INTO STORES
Macrovision, in coordination with several major recording labels,
has for several months been piloting new technology to prevent
music consumers from copying CDs onto their PCs. The technology
distorts CD recordings with a series of audible pops and clicks
when the music is copied onto a PC. The Macrovision pilot is the
latest in a series of attempts by the recording industry to
protect music from digital piracy. Previous efforts have largely
failed, either because various industry elements have been unable
to agree on how to implement the technology or because the
technology also disrupted normal CD playback. The recording
industry's attempts to prevent the copying of CDs onto PCs
presents a legal quandary, however, because the courts have
recognized the right of consumers to copy copyright-protected
work for home use.
(Cnet, 18 July 2001)
MICROSOFT SOFTENS XP ANTIPIRACY FEATURE
Microsoft has announced that it will alter the controversial
Product Activation policy in its forthcoming Windows XP operating
system so that users can modify a certain number of hardware
components inside their PC without having to register with the
company for a new access code. The policy, which is intended to
prevent the software from being copied to multiple PCs, has come
under fire because it restricts access to the operating system
if users make common changes to their PCs' hardware components.
Users who add a graphics card or additional memory, for example,
would have to contact Microsoft and re-register. Microsoft says
it will allow users to change a certain number of hardware
components within a limited amount of time--this time limit has
not been decided yet--without having to gain a new access code.
(Reuters, 18 July 2001)
E-BOOKS IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
For the first time, the U.S. Copyright Office has received
copyright-registration submissions for full-length books in
digital format. McGraw-Hill has submitted two books to the
Copyright Office over the Internet. The Office verified the
submissions through digital signatures. Not only is the
Copyright Office the public record of copyright registrations,
but it also furnishes the Library of Congress with copies of
works. Noting the foresight that the Copyright Office and the
Library of Congress have shown in building a digital collection,
a spokesperson for McGraw-Hill said, "Readers and publishers
should be applauding."
(New York Times, 18 July 2001)
THE WAR OVER ROYALTY RATES
The U.S. Copyright Office issued a ruling that Internet music
firms can take part in the federal arbitration proceeding that
will determine the royalties Internet radio operators must pay
to recording companies. The Copyright Office found that the
firms have "a specific interest" in the arbitration process and
are therefore "entitled to participate." The recording industry
objected, arguing that these particular Internet music
firms--which include MTVi Group, Xact Radio, and Launch
Media--should not enter the proceedings, forcing the firms to
reach individual royalty agreements with recording companies,
most likely at rates higher than the federal arbitration will
set. The recording industry and the seven Internet music firms
involved filed lawsuits over the dispute, and the Copyright
Office concluded that the courts should ultimately decide.
(Wall Street Journal, 17 July 2001)
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Subject: [gweekly] Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter" <gweekly@listserv.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:28:31 -0500 (CDT)
"newby.701"
This is Project Gutenberg's Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, July 18, 2001
We Are On Schedule To Do 100 Etexts This Month!
We need a volunteer in North Dakota to be our legal presence there.
We need PERL programmers, web designers, other programmers for efforts
to automate getting our Etexts online. . .more below on that. . . .
We need people in the following countries to handle "life +50" books,
such as 1984 and Animal Farm, by George Orwell, and more. . . .
Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet
[Usually sent the first Wednesday of each month, delayed if by relay.]
Main URL is promo.net Webmaster is Pietro di Miceli, of Rome, Italy
*Check out our Websites at promo.net, and ask me for our FTP servers.*
Here is a list of the Etexts posted since last Wednesday.
For "instant" access to our new Etexts you can surf to:
http://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext03
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You will need the first five letters of the filenames listed below.
Mar 2003 Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon[CM#38][cm38bxxx.xxx]3875
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v15 [CM#37][cm37bxxx.xxx]3874
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v14 [CM#36][cm36bxxx.xxx]3873
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v13 [CM#35][cm35bxxx.xxx]3872
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v12 [CM#34][cm34bxxx.xxx]3871
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v11 [CM#33][cm33bxxx.xxx]3870
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v10 [CM#32][cm32bxxx.xxx]3869
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v9 [CM#31][cm31bxxx.xxx]3868
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v8 [CM#30][cm30bxxx.xxx]3867
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v7 [CM#29][cm29bxxx.xxx]3866
Jan 2003 The Ruby of Kishmoor, by Howard Pyle [Pyle #5][rubykxxx.xxx]3687
Jan 2003 The Army of the Cumberland, Henry M. Cist [xcmbrxxx.xxx]3686
[8-bit accents are included in 8cmbr10.*, plain characters are in 7cmbr10.*]
Jan 2003 Egypt (La Mort De Philae), by Pierre Loti[Loti #7][egyptxxx.xxx]3685
Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, All, by Winston Churchill [#9][wc09vxxx.xxx]3684
Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 3, by Winston Churchill[#8][wc08vxxx.xxx]3683
Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 2, by Winston Churchill[#7][wc07vxxx.xxx]3682
Jan 2003 Mr. Crewe's Career, V. 1, by Winston Churchill[#6][wc06vxxx.xxx]3681
[This author is a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill the English Prime Minister]
Jan 2003 Cartrefi Cymru, by Owen M. Edwards[O M Edwards #2][crtcmxxx.xxx]3680
[In Welsh, available in plain text as crtcm10.* and in HTML as crtcm10h.*]
Jan 2003 Jonah, by Louis Stone [jonahxxx.xxx]3678
Jan 2003 On Our Selection, by Steele Rudd [onssrxxx.xxx]3677
[Steel Rudd is pseudonym for Arthur Hoey Davis][Story of Australian Pioneers]
Jan 2003 The Firefly Of France, by Marion Polk Angellotti [fiofrxxx.xxx]3676
Jan 2003 Die Versuchung des Pescara, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer[xversxxx.xxx]3675
[This Etext is in German, 8vers10.* has accents, 7vers10.* has no accents.]
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From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@ils.unc.edu>
Are you a PERL monger, with substantial CGI and HTML experience?
We are working on a turnkey solution that will let volunteers
upload, reformat, check and post etexts.
Development will be on a Solaris 8 computer with PERL 5.6.1 and
Apache. There are a few programs in place, but essentially this is a
project that will start from scratch. Components will include:
. Various upload methods for volunteers to submit etexts
(e.g., "upload" via HTTP, finding a file delivered by FTP,
and email)
. Automatically extracting and decoding MIME components from email
messages.
. Reflowing etexts to fill paragraphs and adjust paragraph
properties (e.g., change indentations to a skipped line).
. Automatically generating the Project Gutenberg header
based on input of Author, Title, etc. Automatic
assignment of etext #s from a "free list." (We have
a program that does this from the Unix command line, but
it needs to also work via a CGI front-end.)
. When triggered, finished etexts will be uploaded
by FTP or sftp to the main distribution sites.
Some additional work may be done with Expect, Python and shell
scripts, but PERL will probably be the right choice for most
of the tasks.
The code we use needs to be well-written, clearly commented,
and reasonably easy to maintain. We envision having a small
collection of programs that, together, enable substantial
time-savings for our volunteers to get etexts formatted and
posted.
You will work closely with Greg Newby, who maintains the
upload sites currently, to design and implement the programs.
"
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--=={ WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS }==--
Since we started sending out weekly newsletters on 4/11/01, we have posted
301 new Etexts; for those 15 newsletters, we have averaged 20.06 Etexts
posted per week; we need to to continue to average 19.23 Etexts per week
in order to publish 1,000 Etexts this year, and another week like this,
and we will have 100 Etexts in four weeks! So far we have 99, and we
ALMOST had 101, but two more came in needed reformatting that I could
not manage on such short notice. . . .
WEEK ##
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07/18/01 24
07/11/01 24
07/04/01 29
06/27/01 22
06/20/01 18
06/13/01 17
06/06/01 20
05/31/01 18
05/23/01 16
05/16/01 18
05/09/01 18
05/02/01 39
04/25/01 15
04/18/01 11
04/11/01 12
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3.5 months 301
Monthly Reports
NEWSLETTER NEW ETEXTS WEEKLY AVG.
========== ========== ===========
Jun (4 Wks) 86 22
May (5 Wks) 90 22
Apr (4 Wks) 77 24
Mar (5 Wks) 156 25
Feb (4 Wks) 74 21
Jan (4 Wks) 96 24
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News. . .My apologies for so much this issue, since I
didn't get any into last week's. . .due to fear of a
crash that never actually seemed to happen, but I was
locked up so much I feared I would not be able to get
anything more done, so I just sent what I had. . .mh
JAILED FOR DEMONSTRATING COPY PROTECTION IS INADEQUATE
Wired News has a short report on this arrest as well:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45298,00.html
and
Planetebook's story cites Sklyarov's talk at DefCon 9
on e-book security as justification of his arrest.
Vladimir Katalov has informed Planet eBook that Dmitry Sklyarov, author
of the "Advanced eBook Processor", was in fact arrested, and that he is
being held in a Los Vegas prison waiting for subsequent judgement in
Calfornia.
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=165
and
eBookWeb has a story also about this, written before
the arrest was confirmed, but with additional details.
and
From: Vladimir Katalov <vkatalov@elcomsoft.com>
> I've already contacted the people I know in EFF about this event.
> Hopefully they'll take some action (they may find it useful in
> their ongoing effort to get the more extreme provisions of DMCA
> overturned.)
That's Vladimir Katalov speaking. I'm in Portland (Oregon) now;
Alexander (ElcomSoft director) is still in Las Vegas. If anybody can
help us somehow (at least by making all that as public as possible) --
you're welcome!
> - he reports that Sklyarov gave away copies of software at the
> conference, which may be the justification for the arrest, and
Correction: he gave away *demo* versions, which decrypt only 25% of
the documents. We don't sell that software anymore (we stopped sales
almost immediately after first Adobe complaint).
> According to a media representative in the FBI's Las Vegas field office,
> Sklyarov was arrested on a federal warrant issued by the US District
> Court of the Northern District of California, charging him with one
> count of trafficking in software to circumvent copryrightable materials
> and one count of aiding and abbetting such trafficking. He is being held
> at a US Marshalls detention facility in Las Vegas pending his
> extradition to California.
Actually, Dmitry just a programmer/cryptanalyst, but AEBPR is our
corporate product, released under the copyright of our company,
ElcomSoft!!! He would not do anything without our (company)
permission/request, of course.
--
Best regards,
Vladimir mailto:vkatalov@elcomsoft.com
RANDOM HOUSE SUFFERS SETBACK IN E-BOOK SUIT
Publisher Random House cannot prevent electronic publisher
Rosetta Books from publishing e-book versions of Random House
titles, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. In the suit it filed
against Rosetta this February, Random House argued that
electronic publishing rights to the eight titles in question,
each a part of Random House's backlist of previously published
titles, were a part of the original publishing contract's
stipulation that the publisher had the right to publish a work
"in book form." However, in turning down Random House's request
for a preliminary injunction, Judge Sidney H. Stein concluded
that e-books are not covered by this stipulation because they are
significantly different from printed books. Rosetta officials say
Stein's decision could be a boon to the fledgling e-book industry,
and legal observers agree that his ruling, if unchallenged, could
establish a precedent for electronic publishing rights.
(Wall Street Journal, 12 July 2001)
FREELANCE WIN PUTS LIBRARIANS IN MIDDLE
The librarians who manage the digital archives of major
publications have begun removing freelance articles from their
databases. The recent Supreme Court ruling that requires
publishers to compensate freelance writers for work redistributed
digitally has caused most newspapers and magazines to delete
those articles rather than give the writers additional payment.
Sharon Stewart Reeve, librarian for the San Diego Union-Tribune,
said she and many of her colleagues have mixed emotions over the
verdict. Despite the inconvenience of sorting through 10 years
of archives to mask or delete freelance work, many librarians
sympathize with the writers' small salaries.
(Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2001)
WATCHING YOU WATCHING THEM
New tracking technology in cell phones, interactive TVs, and
GPS-enabled rental cars is raising privacy concerns. Already,
several companies are developing software to help track and make
use of data collected from TV set-top boxes. The Center for
Digital Democracy, an advocacy group for consumer privacy, is
currently lobbying for regulations on the use of such technology
that targets ads and gathers personal data. Aware of the possible
government restrictions, the Association for Interactive Media is
trying to outline privacy guidelines for interactive TV operations
such as Microsoft's UltimateTV and the TiVo recorder. Currently,
those companies are outside of cable regulations because they
make use of phone lines. A host of companies are rushing to take
advantage of a FCC deadline for wireless carriers to be able to
pinpoint the location of cell phone users. Besides being able to
locate users in 911-emergency cases, companies will be able to
send location-specific wireless ads to subscribers of wireless
Internet services.
(Boston Globe, 9 July 2001)
CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUP PLANS EFFORT TO PROTECT NET PARODY
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) this fall intends to
open the "Chilling Effects Clearinghouse," an online repository
of letters sent from lawyers for copyright holders to those
engaged in parodies of those copyrights. Calling such letters
"broad" and "unfounded," EFF legal director Cindy Cohn said the
organization hopes to dissuade corporate attorneys from bullying
the rights of online parodists. Indeed, such a letter spurred
the EFF's action. Lawyers for the children's TV show "Barney"
contacted the EFF, asking it to remove from its archive an
article from the online magazine Computer Underground Digest in
which an author makes negative comments about the singing purple
dinosaur. The EFF, although in the process of removing the
magazine's archive to another site, has taken up the challenge
and contends that the lawyers have misinterpreted the point of
copyright law. Cohn said the author's noncommercial use of
copyrighted material not only fails to violate copyright law,
but is, in fact, protected by it.
(Newsbytes, 6 July 2001)
LECTURER CHARGED OVER WEB SITE CONTENT
La Trobe University, Australia, has closed a Web site that
attacked Federal Health Minister Michael Wooldridge for his
ties to the pharmaceutical industry and charged the site's
administrator, Dr. Ken Harvey, with "serious misconduct." At
issue is an article on the site that refers to Wooldridge as the
"Minister for Pfizer," which the university believes could be a
defamatory statement. However, Harvey, a senior lecturer in the
university's school of public health, said the statement is
"legitimate previously published political comment or satire,
and not defamation." Harvey questions why the university, if so
concerned about the possible liability of the statement, waited
three weeks before taking action.
(Australian IT, 10 July 2001)
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WHEN IS A BOOK NOT A BOOK? WHEN IT'S AN E-BOOK!
Federal District Judge Sidney H. Stein has ruled that the term "book" in a
book contract does not automatically include the right to offer digital
versions of that same book. Judge Stein therefore denied a request by Random
House to enjoin RosettaBooks from publishing new digital editions of such
Random House authors as Robert B. Parker, Kurt Vonnegut, and William Styron.
The case will now go to full trial, although the judge said that "Random
House is not likely to succeed on the merits of its copyright infringement
claim."
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/technology/ebusiness/12BOOK.html
NY TIMES "SOLUTION" NOT WHAT FREELANCE WRITERS HAD IN MIND
A Pyrrhic victory for freelance writers? Maybe. After the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled last week that the New York Times (and two other publishers) had
violated the rights of freelancers by not paying them new compensation for
old material made accessible in electronic databases, the Times decided
simply to remove the disputed material entirely. Characterizing the
newspaper's action as a "complete violation of the spirit of the Supreme
Court decision," the writers are insisting that "there is no need to delete
articles" and are filing a new lawsuit. They say they want their works to
remain in the databases, and merely want to be receive what they consider
appropriate compensation. (New York Times 6 Jul 2001)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/technology/06WRIT.html
MICROSOFT RELENTS ON DESKTOP CONTROL
Admitting "that some provisions in our existing Windows licenses have been
ruled improper by the court," Microsoft says it will now allow PC
manufacturers to change the configuration of the Windows desktop by adding
non-Microsoft products (such as Netscape) and removing Microsoft ones (such
as Internet Explorer). The move may help defuse attempts by competitors or
government officials to block the impending release of XP, the company's new
operating system.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47506-2001Jul11.html
INTERNET FRAUD KEEPS GOING AND GOING
The National Consumer League says that the average loss from Internet fraud
rose from $310 a person in 1999 to $427 last year, when total losses from
Internet fraud reached $3.3 million. New York City's consumer affairs
commissioner Jane Hoffman warns: "Internet fraud runs the gamut from
work-at-home scams to bogus travel and vacation schemes, to securities fraud
and investment scams... For many consumers the Internet can be a virtual
nightmare when it comes to fraud." Hoffman says the five most common
Internet scams are: Web auctions (mainly in the form of goods not delivered
as promised, inflated prices, or fake bids to puff up prices); travel and
vacation schemes with hidden costs; theft of ID numbers, bank data, or
passwords; and investment schemes promising -- but of course failing to
deliver -- huge profits. (AP/Washington Post 15 Jul 2001)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/latestap/A492-2001Jul15.html
USER AGREEMENTS REQUIRE USER CONSENT
A federal judge in New York has ruled that individuals who downloaded free
software from Netscape's Web site are not bound by a "conditions of use"
statement they hadn't read. The reason? The site had not required them to
take positive action -- prior to the download -- to show they agreed to
Netscape's conditions. A lawyer who represented the plaintiffs against
Netscape praised the court's decision: "It applies an ancient and
fundamental principle in a novel context. That is, you can't be bound to
that which you don't agree to." (New York Times 13 Jul 2001)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/technology/13CYBERLAW.html
CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL AGREEMENT: NO HIGH-TECH SURVEILLANCE
Dick Armey, the conservative House Majority Leader, and the left-leaning
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have issued a joint statement
deploring the growing use by law enforcement agencies of high-tech
surveillance tools to monitor ordinary people in public places. Recent news
stories have revealed attempts in Tampa and Virginia Beach to use
face-recognition software to identify passers-by on city streets. An Armey
spokesman calls that trend disturbing, and says that "the American public
doesn't want Big Brother looking over its shoulder." (Newsbytes/USA Today 12
Jul 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/nb/nb2.htm
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:54:21 -0500 (CDT)
antonella mariani <antomar@inwind.it>
My mainframe appears to be crashing, so I am sending out this VERY ROUGH
draft now, and I hope I can work on this a bit more in a few hours. . . .
We need someone to make CDs to send to former Walnut Creek readers.
We need some people in the following countries to post George Orwell's
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This is Project Gutenberg's Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, July 11, 2001
This Is The First Newsletter Of Our Second 30 Years. . . .
We Are On Schedule To Do 1,000 Etexts This Year!
Maybe even 100 Etext this month!
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Jan 2003 Essays Before a Sonata, by Charles Ives [ivessxxx.xxx]3673
Jan 2003 The 2000 CIA World Factbook[CIA Factbook#10][No#7][world00x.xxx]3672
[Can anyone find the 1996 & 1997 editions? We have all the rest back to 1990]
Jan 2003 Christie Johnstone, by Charles Reade[Chas Reade#8][crstixxx.xxx]3671
70
Jan 2003 Peg Woffington, by Charles Reade[Charles Reade #7][pgwofxxx.xxx]3670
Jan 2003 The Woman-Hater, by Charles Reade[Charles Reade#6][wmnhtxxx.xxx]3669
Jan 2003 The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, Baker[angbnxxx.xxx]3668
[Author's Full Name: Samuel White Baker [Baker #8]
Jan 2003 Wolfville Days, by Alfred Henry Lewis [wlfdzxxx.xxx]3667
Jan 2003 Andreas Hofer, by Lousia Muhlbach [Muhlbach #6] [hoferxxx.xxx]3666
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]
65
Jan 2003 Maurine and Other Poems, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox[5][maurnxxx.xxx]3665
Jan 2003 Yvette, by Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant [GM#17][yvttexxx.xxx]3664
Jan 2003 The Girl From Keller's, by Harold Bindloss [tgfksxxx.xxx]3663
[Alternate Title From The UK: Sadie's Conquest]
Jan 2003 Oscar Wilde, His Life & Confessions, Frank Harris [owhlcxxx.xxx]3662
Jan 2003 Quotations from The Essays of Montaigne, by Widger[dwqmnxxx.xxx]3661
[#12 in our series of Widger's Quotations by David Widger]
and
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v6 [CM#28][cm28bxxx.xxx]3865
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v5 [CM#27][cm27bxxx.xxx]3864
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v4 [CM#26][cm26bxxx.xxx]3863
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v3 [CM#25][cm25bxxx.xxx]3862
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v2 [CM#24][cm24bxxx.xxx]3861
60
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Saint-Simon, v1 [CM#23][cm23bxxx.xxx]3860
Mar 2003 Entire Memoirs Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans[CM#22][cm22bxxx.xxx]3859
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v4[CM#21][cm21bxxx.xxx]3858
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v3[CM#20][cm20bxxx.xxx]3857
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v2[CM#19][cm19bxxx.xxx]3856
55
Mar 2003 Memoirs of Louis XIV, by Duch d'Orleans, v1[CM#18][cm18bxxx.xxx]3855
--=={ WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS }==--
Since we started sending out weekly newsletters on 4/11/01, we have posted
277 new Etexts; for those 14 newsletters, we have averaged 19.78 Etexts
posted per week; we need to to continue to average 19.23 Etexts per week
in order to publish 1,000 Etexts this year, and another week like this,
and we will have 100 Etexts in four weeks.
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07/11/01 24
07/04/01 29
06/27/01 22
06/20/01 18
06/13/01 17
06/06/01 20
05/31/01 18
05/23/01 16
05/16/01 18
05/09/01 18
05/02/01 39
04/25/01 15
04/18/01 11
04/11/01 12
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3 months 277
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We have posted a significantly improved 11th edition of:
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V2[Goethe27][7ljw2xxx.xxx]2408
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V2[Goethe27][8ljw2xxx.xxx]2408
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V1[Goethe26][7ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V1[Goethe26][8ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
And these are the 29 new Etexts we have posted in the last week.
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan [CM#17][cm17bxxx.xxx]3854
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v7 [CM#16][cm16bxxx.xxx]3853
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v6 [CM#15][cm15bxxx.xxx]3852
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v5 [CM#14][cm14bxxx.xxx]3851
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v4 [CM#13][cm13bxxx.xxx]3850
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v3 [CM#12][cm12bxxx.xxx]3849
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v2 [CM#11][cm11bxxx.xxx]3848
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v1 [CM#10][cm10bxxx.xxx]3847
Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay [rosryxxx.xxx]3659
Jan 2003 The Prospector, by Ralph Connor [Ralph Connor #7][prspcxxx.xxx]3658
Jan 2003 Wild Beasts and their Ways V1 by Samuel W. Baker#7[wbatwxxx.xxx]3657
Jan 2003 Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879, by Samuel W. Baker #6[cyprsxxx.xxx]3656
Jan 2003 The Parent's Assistant, by Maria Edgeworth [prtasxxx.xxx]3655
Jan 2003 Alfred Tennyson, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #33][alftnxxx.xxx]3654
Jan 2003 The Guns of Bull Run, by Joseph A. Altsheler [tgobrxxx.xxx]3653
Jan 2003 History Of The Mackenzies, by Alexander Mackenzie [mcknzxxx.xxx]3652
Jan 2003 The Square Root of 4 To A Million Places[Math #19][ 4sqrt10.zip]3651
[Due to it's peculiar nature, this number presented in .zip format only ;-) ]
Jan 2003 Selections From American Poetry, by Marg. Carhart [apoetxxx.xxx]3650
[With Special Reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier]
[Author's Full Name: Margeret Sprague Carhart]
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light /All/Winston Churchill[wc05vxxx.xxx]3649
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V3, Winston Churchill[wc04vxxx.xxx]3648
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V2, Winston Churchill[wc03vxxx.xxx]3647
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V1, Winston Churchill[wc02vxxx.xxx]3646
[This author is a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill the English Prime Minister]
Jan 2003 L'Etourdi, par Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin][#4[xtrdixxx.xxx]3645
Jan 2003 Vie de Moliere[Jean-Baptiste Poquelin], Voltaire#2[xviemxxx.xxx]3644
[We might need help preserving the accents in these, please email me if. . .]
Jan 2003 Quotations from Albert Paine's Writings, by Widger[dwqabxxx.xxx]3643
[Full: Quotations from Albert B. Paine's Writings, #11 by David Widger]
Jan 2003 The Belgian Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins[Perkins3][bgtwnxxx.xxx]3642
Jan 2003 Who Cares?, by Cosmo Hamilton [caresxxx.xxx]3641
Jan 2003 Literary Taste, by Arnold Bennett [Bennett #3][tastexxx.xxx]3640
Jan 2003 Diary Of Pedestrian In Cashmere & Thibet by Wright[dpcatxxx.xxx]3639
[Full: Diary Of A Pedestrian In Cashmere and Thibet, by William Henry Knight]
[Original Release Date: July, 2002 [Etext #3309]
[RErelease Date: January, 2003 [Etext #3639]
[We accidentally released TWO Etexts #3309]
--=={ WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS }==--
Since we started sending out weekly newsletters on 4/11/01, we have posted
253 new Etexts; for those 13 newsletters, we have averaged 19.46 Etexts
posted per week; we need to to continue to average 19.23 Etexts per week
in order to publish 1,000 Etexts this year.
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07/04/01 29
06/27/01 22
06/20/01 18
06/13/01 17
06/06/01 20
05/31/01 18
05/23/01 16
05/16/01 18
05/09/01 18
05/02/01 39
04/25/01 15
04/18/01 11
04/11/01 12
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3 months 253
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Here are the 23 new Etexts and 2 improved Etexts
[23 Etexts per week would yield 1196 per year]
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We averaged about 18.83 per week since we started weekly newsletters.
12 Newsletters and 223 Etexts; we need to average 19.23 for 1,000/yr.
UPDATED EDITIONS:
Feb 2001 Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse [Our English Edition] [siddhxxx.xxx]2500
[We have finally reached a good enough translation to call our 10th edition!]
We have posted a significantly improved 11th edition of:
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe26][7ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe26][8ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
And here are the 23 new Etexts for this week:
[23 per week would yield 1196 per year]
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz [CM#09][cm09bxxx.xxx]3846
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v4 [CM#08][cm08bxxx.xxx]3845
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v3 [CM#07][cm07bxxx.xxx]3844
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v2 [CM#06][cm06bxxx.xxx]3843
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v1 [CM#05][cm05bxxx.xxx]3842
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois [CM#04][cm04bxxx.xxx]3841
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v3 [CM#03][cm03bxxx.xxx]3840
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v2 [CM#02][cm02bxxx.xxx]3839
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v1 [CM#01][cm01bxxx.xxx]3838
[From: The Entire Court Memoirs of France Series]
Jan 2003 The Devil's Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw [#20][tdvldxxx.xxx]3638
Jan 2003 The Garden Of Allah, by Robert Hichens[Hichens #4][allahxxx.xxx]3637
Jan 2003 The Fall of the Niebelungs [Author Unknown] [nieblxxx.xxx]3636
Jan 2003 Mother, by Kathleen Norris [mothrxxx.xxx]3635
Jan 2003 The Guilty River, by Wilkie Collins[W.Collins #27][gltrvxxx.xxx]3634
Jan 2003 Jezebel's Daughter, by Wilkie Collins[Collins #26][jzbelxxx.xxx]3633
Jan 2003 Poor Miss Finch, by Wilkie Collins[W. Collins #25][finchxxx.xxx]3632
Jan 2003 On the Significance of Science and Art, by Toltoy [sgnsaxxx.xxx]3631
[Also list under variants Lyof and Tolstoi]
Jan 2003 What to do? by Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi [Tolstoy #13][whttdxxx.xxx]3630
Contains:
To Women
On Labor And Luxury
Jan 2003 The Titan, by Theodore Dreiser[Theodore Dreiser#3][titanxxx.xxx]3629
Jan 2003 The Kingdom of Love, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox[EWW#4][kgdlvxxx.xxx]3628
Jan 2003 Life of Bunyan, by James Hamilton[Jas. Hamilton#1][lfbunxxx.xxx]3627
[From "The Work of the Puritan Divines"]
Jan 2003 Widger's Quotations from Abraham Lincoln's Writing[dwqalxxx.xxx]3626
[Full: Widger's Quotations from Abraham Lincoln's Writings, by David Widger]
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Here are the 15 new Etext for January, 2003
Jan 2003 Honore de Balzac, by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet [hblzcxxx.xxx]3625
[This file is available as hblzc10.txt and .zip and also in HTML hblzc10h.zip]
Jan 2003 Chaucer, by Adolphus William Ward [chacrxxx.xxx]3624
Jan 2003 The Golden Bough, by James George Frazer [boughxxx.xxx]3623
Jan 2003 The Duke's Children, by Anthony Trollope [AT#15][dkchlxxx.xxx]3622
Jan 2003 Peg O' My Heart, by J. Hartley Manners [pgomyxxx.xxx]3621
20
Jan 2003 South American Geology, by Charles Darwin [CD #17][smcngxxx.xxx]3620
[Also listed as: Geological Observations On South America]
Jan 2003 Cousin Maude, by Mary J. Holmes [maudexxx.xxx]3619
Jan 2003 Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw[Shaw #19][rmsmnxxx.xxx]3618
Jan 2003 Quotations From Dumas Celebrated Crimes, by Widger[dwqdcxxx.xxx]3617
Jan 2003 O'Conors of Castle Conor, by Anthony Trollope[#14][oconrxxx.xxx]3616
15
Jan 2003 John Bull on the Guadalquivir, by Anthony Trollope[jbgudxxx.xxx]3615
Jan 2003 An Exhortation to Peace and Unity, John Bunyan[#7][expcuxxx.xxx]3614
[This work is incorrectly attributed to Bunyan, but no other author is known]
Jan 2003 Miscellaneous Pieces, by John Bunyan [Bunyan #6[bnmscxxx.xxx]3613
Jan 2003 Second Shetland Truck System Report, by Guthrie [truckxxx.xxx]3611
[Guthrie was a Sheriff who prepared the report for a Royal Commision]
and we have now completed the non-reserved sections of 2002
[Please note that we have whittled down the reserveds to 66,
total, for the total 31+ years of our index. . .we usually
have averaged somewhere around 2% of our numbers reserved.]
Here are the last five Etexts for December, 2002
Dec 2002 The Complete Essays of Montaigne, Cotton [MN#20][mn20vxxx.xxx]3600
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V19, 1877, Cotton [MN#19][mn19vxxx.xxx]3599
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V18, 1877, Cotton [MN#18][mn18vxxx.xxx]3598
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V17, 1877, Cotton [MN#17][mn17vxxx.xxx]3597
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V16, 1877, Cotton [MN#16][mn16vxxx.xxx]3596
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Jul 1992 The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells[Herbert George2][warw12xx.xxx] 36
We have posted a significantly improved 11th edition of:
Jun 2002 The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #7][dslyr11x.xxx]3285
Sep 1994 Flower Fables, by Louisa May Alcott [Alcott #1] [ffabl11x.xxx] 163
We have posted a slightly improved 10th editin of:
Jun 1997 Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper #1 [mohic10x.xxx] 940
Feb 1995 The Call of the Wild, by Jack London [London #1] [callw10x.xxx] 215
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Jan 2003 John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw#18[jbullxxx.xxx]3612
Jan 2003 Second Shetland Truck System Report, Angus Johnson[truckxxx.xxx]3611
[Truck is a term similar to barter, I would also index under barter]
Jan 2003 The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Yonge[tdcoaxxx.xxx]3610
Jan 2003 To-morrow? by Victoria Cross [Also: Tomorrow?] [tmrrwxxx.xxx]3609
Jan 2003 Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Rob't Tressell[rggdpxxx.xxx]3608
[Full Listing: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell]
Jan 2003 Ismailia, by Samuel W. Baker[Samuel White Baker#5][ismlaxxx.xxx]3607
Jan 2003 Antonina, by Wilkie Collins [Wilkie Collins #24][ntnnaxxx.xxx]3606
05
Jan 2003 On The Firing Line, by A. C. Ray and H. B. Fuller [frnglxxx.xxx]3605
[Authors' Full Names: Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller]
Jan 2003 Jailed for Freedom, by Doris Stevens [j4frexxx.xxx]3604
Jan 2003 Quotations From Guy de Maupassant, by David Widger[dwqgmxxx.xxx]3603
!!!!!!!Please note the above files are in our new /etext03 directory!!!!!!!
****Please note that the entire 2002 catalogue is now filled or reserved***
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V15, 1877, Cotton [MN#15][mn15vxxx.xxx]3595
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V14, 1877, Cotton [MN#14][mn14vxxx.xxx]3594
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V13, 1877, Cotton [MN#13][mn13vxxx.xxx]3593
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V12, 1877, Cotton [MN#12][mn12vxxx.xxx]3592
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V11, 1877, Cotton [MN#11][mn11vxxx.xxx]3591
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V4, by Richard Burton[41001xxx.xxx]3438
[These are in 7 and 8 bit unaccented and accented versions]
[Filenames are x1001xx7.txt and .zip and x1001xx8.txt and .zip]
[X will be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f and g]
[Full Title: The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night, Volumes 1 - 16]
[Also listed under:
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A Thousand and One Nights. . .and. . .A Thousand and One Arabian Nights]
Jan 2002 Project Gutenberg Dumas Commentary, by John Bursey[vbcomxxx.xxx]3010
[The following are now available in significantly improved 11th editions as
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Aug 2001 The Man in the Iron Mask[The Novel]Dumas, Pere #28[nmaskxxx.xxx]2759
[This is the novel entitled The Man in the Iron Mask. The essay is #2751]
Jul 2001 Louise de la Valliere, by Alexandre Dumas, Pere #9[luisexxx.xxx]2710
Jun 2001 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #8][tenyrxxx.xxx]2681
Apr 2001 The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, Pere[vicomxxx.xxx]2609
[We are releasing these as BOTH xxxxx10.txt AND xxxxx10h.htm and in zip files]
Please see the introduction which describes the various books of this title,
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and what in what order to read them.
Also see:
Mar 1998 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #3][2muskxxx.xxx]1258
and
We discovered a duplication in filenames we thought we had fixed long ago:
Apr 1997 Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis #2[ironmxxx.xxx] 876
These ironm10.txt and ironm10.zip files are now liron10.txt and liron10.zip]
Apr 1997 Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis #2[lironxxx.xxx] 876
The novel The Man In The Iron Mask by Dumas stays ironm10.txt & ironm10.zip]
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Jan 2003 Cupid's Understudy, by Edward Salisbury Field [cpdndxxx.xxx]3602
Jan 2003 The Captives, by Hugh Walpole [Hugh Walpole #3][cptvsxxx.xxx]3601
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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V10, 1877, Cotton [MN#10][mn10vxxx.xxx]3590
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V9, 1877, Cotton [MN#09][mn09vxxx.xxx]3589
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V8, 1877, Cotton [MN#08][mn08vxxx.xxx]3588
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V7, 1877, Cotton [MN#07][mn07vxxx.xxx]3587
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V6, 1877, Cotton [MN#06][mn06vxxx.xxx]3586
This should complete our November listings:
Nov 2002 La Mere Bauche, by Anthony Trollope [Trollope #12][merbuxxx.xxx]3550
Nov 2002 Cowley's Essays, by Abraham Cowley [cowesxxx.xxx]3549
Nov 2002 The Pharisee And Publican, by John Bunyan[Bunyan5][pharpxxx.xxx]3548
Nov 2002 See America First, by Orville O. Hiestand [cusa1xxx.xxx]3547
Nov 2002 The Eureka Stockade, by Carboni Raffaello[Carboni][rkstkxxx.xxx]3546
[Wrote as Carboni Raffaello, however Carboni was really Raffaello Carboni]
Nov 2002 The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith #3[cpwogxxx.xxx]3545
Nov 2002 How He Lied to Her Husband, by George Bernard Shaw[lied2xxx.xxx]3544
Nov 2002 Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw [GBS #16][hrtbkxxx.xxx]3543
Nov 2002 Quotations of Jacques Casanova, by David Widger #6[dwqjcxxx.xxx]3542
Nov 2002 Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow by Tolstoi[tecomxxx.xxx]3541
Nov 2002 Article On The Census In Moscow, by Leo Tolstoi/11[ancimxxx.xxx]3540
[Also list under Lyof and Tolstoi, middle inital is N.]
Nov 2002 The Love-Chase, by James Sheridan Knowles [JSK #2][lvchsxxx.xxx]3539
Nov 2002 The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok [ewbokxxx.xxx]3538
[The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, by Edward William Bok]
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Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V2[Goethe27][7ljw2xxx.xxx]2408
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Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe V1[Goethe26][7ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
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Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay [rosryxxx.xxx]3659
And these are the 29 new Etexts we have posted in the last week.
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan [CM#17][cm17bxxx.xxx]3854
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v7 [CM#16][cm16bxxx.xxx]3853
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v6 [CM#15][cm15bxxx.xxx]3852
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v5 [CM#14][cm14bxxx.xxx]3851
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v4 [CM#13][cm13bxxx.xxx]3850
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v3 [CM#12][cm12bxxx.xxx]3849
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v2 [CM#11][cm11bxxx.xxx]3848
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, v1 [CM#10][cm10bxxx.xxx]3847
Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay [rosryxxx.xxx]3659
Jan 2003 The Prospector, by Ralph Connor [Ralph Connor #7][prspcxxx.xxx]3658
Jan 2003 Wild Beasts and their Ways V1 by Samuel W. Baker#7[wbatwxxx.xxx]3657
Jan 2003 Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879, by Samuel W. Baker #6[cyprsxxx.xxx]3656
Jan 2003 The Parent's Assistant, by Maria Edgeworth [prtasxxx.xxx]3655
Jan 2003 Alfred Tennyson, by Andrew Lang [Andrew Lang #33][alftnxxx.xxx]3654
Jan 2003 The Guns of Bull Run, by Joseph A. Altsheler [tgobrxxx.xxx]3653
Jan 2003 History Of The Mackenzies, by Alexander Mackenzie [mcknzxxx.xxx]3652
Jan 2003 The Square Root of 4 To A Million Places[Math #19][ 4sqrt10.zip]3651
[Due to it's peculiar nature, this number presented in .zip format only ;-) ]
Jan 2003 Selections From American Poetry, by Marg. Carhart [apoetxxx.xxx]3650
[With Special Reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier]
[Author's Full Name: Margeret Sprague Carhart]
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light /All/Winston Churchill[wc05vxxx.xxx]3649
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V3, Winston Churchill[wc04vxxx.xxx]3648
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V2, Winston Churchill[wc03vxxx.xxx]3647
Jan 2003 The Dwelling Place of Light, V1, Winston Churchill[wc02vxxx.xxx]3646
[This author is a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill the English Prime Minister]
Jan 2003 L'Etourdi, par Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin][#4[xtrdixxx.xxx]3645
Jan 2003 Vie de Moliere[Jean-Baptiste Poquelin], Voltaire#2[xviemxxx.xxx]3644
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Jan 2003 Quotations from Albert Paine's Writings, by Widger[dwqabxxx.xxx]3643
[Full: Quotations from Albert B. Paine's Writings, #11 by David Widger]
Jan 2003 The Belgian Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins[Perkins3][bgtwnxxx.xxx]3642
Jan 2003 Who Cares?, by Cosmo Hamilton [caresxxx.xxx]3641
Jan 2003 Literary Taste, by Arnold Bennett [Bennett #3][tastexxx.xxx]3640
Jan 2003 Diary Of Pedestrian In Cashmere & Thibet by Wright[dpcatxxx.xxx]3639
[Full: Diary Of A Pedestrian In Cashmere and Thibet, by William Henry Knight]
[Original Release Date: July, 2002 [Etext #3309]
[RErelease Date: January, 2003 [Etext #3639]
[We accidentally released TWO Etexts #3309]
--=={ WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS }==--
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05/31/01 18
05/23/01 16
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18
17
20
18
16
18
18
39
15
11
12
UPDATED EDITIONS:
Feb 2001 Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse [Our English Edition] [siddhxxx.xxx]2500
[We have finally reached a good enough translation to call our 10th edition!]
We have posted a significantly improved 11th edition of:
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe26][7ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
Nov 2000 Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Goethe [Goethe26][8ljw1xxx.xxx]2407
And here are the 23 new Etexts for this week:
[23 per week would yield 1196 per year]
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz [CM#09][cm09bxxx.xxx]3846
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v4 [CM#08][cm08bxxx.xxx]3845
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v3 [CM#07][cm07bxxx.xxx]3844
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v2 [CM#06][cm06bxxx.xxx]3843
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, v1 [CM#05][cm05bxxx.xxx]3842
Mar 2003 The Entire Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois [CM#04][cm04bxxx.xxx]3841
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v3 [CM#03][cm03bxxx.xxx]3840
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v2 [CM#02][cm02bxxx.xxx]3839
Mar 2003 The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, v1 [CM#01][cm01bxxx.xxx]3838
[From: The Entire Court Memoirs of France Series]
Jan 2003 The Devil's Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw [#20][tdvldxxx.xxx]3638
Jan 2003 The Garden Of Allah, by Robert Hichens[Hichens #4][allahxxx.xxx]3637
Jan 2003 The Fall of the Niebelungs [Author Unknown] [nieblxxx.xxx]3636
Jan 2003 Mother, by Kathleen Norris [mothrxxx.xxx]3635
Jan 2003 The Guilty River, by Wilkie Collins[W.Collins #27][gltrvxxx.xxx]3634
Jan 2003 Jezebel's Daughter, by Wilkie Collins[Collins #26][jzbelxxx.xxx]3633
Jan 2003 Poor Miss Finch, by Wilkie Collins[W. Collins #25][finchxxx.xxx]3632
Jan 2003 On the Significance of Science and Art, by Toltoy [sgnsaxxx.xxx]3631
[Also list under variants Lyof and Tolstoi]
Jan 2003 What to do? by Leo Tolstoy/Tolstoi [Tolstoy #13][whttdxxx.xxx]3630
Contains:
To Women
On Labor And Luxury
Jan 2003 The Titan, by Theodore Dreiser[Theodore Dreiser#3][titanxxx.xxx]3629
Jan 2003 The Kingdom of Love, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox[EWW#4][kgdlvxxx.xxx]3628
Jan 2003 Life of Bunyan, by James Hamilton[Jas. Hamilton#1][lfbunxxx.xxx]3627
[From "The Work of the Puritan Divines"]
Jan 2003 Widger's Quotations from Abraham Lincoln's Writing[dwqalxxx.xxx]3626
[Full: Widger's Quotations from Abraham Lincoln's Writings, by David Widger]
***
COURT SIDES WITH WRITERS OVER COPYRIGHT DISPUTE
In a blow to big media firms, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that
freelance writers may control whether articles they write for print
publication can then be reproduced in electronic form. Large publishers
have argued that if they have to renegotiate over electronic publication
rights, they probably will remove a substantial amount of material from
their electronic databases. "Historians, scholars and the public lose
because of the holes in history created by the removal of these articles
from electronic issues of newspapers such as the Times," said New York
Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. The ruling will affect primarily
content written before the mid 1990s, which most publishers updated their
contracts to include electronic as well as print publishing rights. The
National Writers Union, however, estimates a range of potential liabilities
between $2.5 billion and $600 billion. The decision in this case could have
broad ramifications in similar disputes in the book and music publishing
businesses. (Wall Street Journal 26 Jun 2001)
http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB993473705172238884.djm
(sub req'd)
[Remember what I said about the move to "pay per view". . .?]
MICROSOFT SHUTS DOWN FREE LISTBOT SERVICE
In a continuing effort to replace free services with paid-subscription
services, Microsoft is shutting down its free newsletter-distribution
service but will continue to offer business list-management software for a
fee. One newsletter publisher said sympathetically: "It doesn't really make
sense to offer free services anymore on the Internet. It's about revenue
now, and if it's not revenue-generating, there's no value from a business
perspective." (AP/Washington Post 24 Jun 2001)
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"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
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Here are the 20 new Etexts and 5 improved Etexts
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!!!!!!!Please note these files are in our new /etext03 directory!!!!!!!
Here are the 15 new Etext for January, 2003
Jan 2003 Honore de Balzac, by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet [hblzcxxx.xxx]3625
[This file is available as hblzc10.txt and .zip and also in HTML hblzc10h.zip]
Jan 2003 Chaucer, by Adolphus William Ward [chacrxxx.xxx]3624
Jan 2003 The Golden Bough, by James George Frazer [boughxxx.xxx]3623
Jan 2003 The Duke's Children, by Anthony Trollope [AT#15][dkchlxxx.xxx]3622
Jan 2003 Peg O' My Heart, by J. Hartley Manners [pgomyxxx.xxx]3621
20
Jan 2003 South American Geology, by Charles Darwin [CD #17][smcngxxx.xxx]3620
[Also listed as: Geological Observations On South America]
Jan 2003 Cousin Maude, by Mary J. Holmes [maudexxx.xxx]3619
Jan 2003 Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw[Shaw #19][rmsmnxxx.xxx]3618
Jan 2003 Quotations From Dumas Celebrated Crimes, by Widger[dwqdcxxx.xxx]3617
Jan 2003 O'Conors of Castle Conor, by Anthony Trollope[#14][oconrxxx.xxx]3616
15
Jan 2003 John Bull on the Guadalquivir, by Anthony Trollope[jbgudxxx.xxx]3615
Jan 2003 An Exhortation to Peace and Unity, John Bunyan[#7][expcuxxx.xxx]3614
[This work is incorrectly attributed to Bunyan, but no other author is known]
Jan 2003 Miscellaneous Pieces, by John Bunyan [Bunyan #6[bnmscxxx.xxx]3613
Jan 2003 Second Shetland Truck System Report, by Guthrie [truckxxx.xxx]3611
[Guthrie was a Sheriff who prepared the report for a Royal Commision]
and we have now completed the non-reserved sections of 2002
[Please note that we have whittled down the reserveds to 66,
total, for the total 31+ years of our index. . .we usually
have averaged somewhere around 2% of our numbers reserved.]
Here are the last five Etexts for December, 2002
Dec 2002 The Complete Essays of Montaigne, Cotton [MN#20][mn20vxxx.xxx]3600
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V19, 1877, Cotton [MN#19][mn19vxxx.xxx]3599
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V18, 1877, Cotton [MN#18][mn18vxxx.xxx]3598
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V17, 1877, Cotton [MN#17][mn17vxxx.xxx]3597
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V16, 1877, Cotton [MN#16][mn16vxxx.xxx]3596
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We have posted a significantly improved 12th edition of:
Jul 1992 The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells[Herbert George2][warw12xx.xxx] 36
We have posted a significantly improved 11th edition of:
Jun 2002 The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #7][dslyr11x.xxx]3285
Sep 1994 Flower Fables, by Louisa May Alcott [Alcott #1] [ffabl11x.xxx] 163
We have posted a slightly improved 10th editin of:
Jun 1997 Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper #1 [mohic10x.xxx] 940
Feb 1995 The Call of the Wild, by Jack London [London #1] [callw10x.xxx] 215
***Requests for Assistance***
We need a proofreader to help find paragraphic and quotes errors in:
Jan 2003 Jailed for Freedom, by Doris Stevens [j4frexxx.xxx]3604
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Lakshana: Autopsy of a Century was published in 1994 by CrossRoads Books as
Volume VIII in The West and the Wider World Series. Though copies have been
available for purchase through Amazon, it is now out of print.
Lakshana: Autopsy of a Century takes a look at the boy-beast contract.
First: as it appears in myths of the mutant centaur's cave. Next, as it is
brought up to date to implement the demands of technology's cosmic cave. An
attempt is made to show how Einstein, Planck and Picasso (and others) decked
out the cave in a stunning array of modern artifacts. The impact and
consequences of this on children of the millennium is discussed. Noam
Chomsky said of the book, "Poignant and compelling."
There are both WordPerfect and HTML versions you can work from,
and a number of illustrations. If we release this book we will
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Excerpts from Edupage and Newsscan
AOL-MICROSOFT TALKS ENDED BY GROWING RIVALRY
Microsoft and AOL this weekend disagreed over the future of their
software alliance and abandoned negotiations concerning the new
Windows XP release. AOL wanted to continue an existing agreement
to feature AOL software prominently on the desktop system, but
the two firms reportedly reached an impasse over AOL's
relationship with Microsoft rival RealNetworks. As Microsoft
plans to offer more and more customer services through the
Internet, it is finding itself at odds with AOL on many fronts.
Besides the issue of AOL's exclusive deal with RealNetworks,
AOL still refuses to open its AOL Instant Messenger system to
competing instant messaging systems. AOL executives say the
failure to close a deal with Microsoft is not significant to
them because they are confident about their other means of
reaching end users, including contracts with computer makers
to preload their software.
(New York Times, 18 June 2001)
COMPUTER TAX BENEFIT FAVORS TOP BRACKETS
The tax legislation signed into law by President Bush earlier
this month may help some families purchase PCs for children. The
legislation lets taxpayers contribute up to $2,000 to a savings
account. Taxpayers can then use the tax-free earnings from this
account for "qualified expenses" for education, such as tuition,
school clothing, and computers. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.)
supported the measure, whose aim, according to a statement, was
"to reduce taxes so that parents could more easily purchase
computers, Internet access, and educational software." However,
the program works through a tiered system that is of the greatest
benefit to taxpayers in the highest bracket. For example,
taxpayers in the top bracket would be able to spend up to $579
toward computers and peripherals. However, the majority of
taxpayers would be limited to $225. The lowest-income taxpayers
would receive nothing because they pay little or no taxes.
(New York Times, 18 June 2001)
SENATE APPROVES STUDENT PRIVACY BILL
The Student Privacy Protection Act, legislation sponsored by
Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), has
been passed by the Senate as an add-on to the education reform
bill. The Shelby-Dodd bill protects the privacy of children's
personal data by prohibiting schools from collecting such data
for commercial purposes unless parents have granted their
permission. The American Association of School Administrators
and the National School Board Association are fighting the bill,
which they criticize as overly restrictive.
(Newsbytes, 15 June 2001)
SENATE PASSES BILL EXTENDING COPYRIGHT EXEMPTIONS
The U.S. Senate on Friday approved the Technology, Education,
and Copyright Harmonization Act. The legislation, written by Sens.
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), would extend
traditional copyright privileges to nonprofit distance-education
courses. The law would cover "dramatic literary and musical
works," such as film clips and popular songs, which have long
been allowed in the classroom. Leahy says the act "reflects our
understanding that we must be able to use new technologies to
advance our education goals in a manner that recognizes and
protects copyrighted works." The legislation must still gain
approval from the House of Representatives, where it is sponsored
by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), and from President Bush.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 12 June 2001)
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MICROSOFT AND AOL TIME WARNER END TALKS ON WINDOWS XP
Negotiations between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner regarding the use of AOL
software in the next version of the Windows operating system have
collapsed, bringing relations between the two companies to a new low. Each
side blamed the other for the failure of talks, which have been ongoing for
the past 10 weeks. AOL said Microsoft objected to AOL's inclusion of
RealNetworks' RealPlayer software with its Internet access service. "The
talks broke down over Microsoft's determination to control digital music on
the Internet," said an AOL spokesman. But Microsoft insisted the two
companies were unable to reach agreement on a number of issues. "We are
disappointed the discussions between AOL and Microsoft ended without
agreement on a broad range of issues between them," said Microsoft in a
statement. "While unable to conclude a broader view, we will continue our
work to ensure the AOL service runs well on Windows XP." (Financial Times
17 Jun 2001) http://news.ft.com/news/industries/infotechnology
BOOKS BY THE NUMBERS
When is a best-seller not a best-seller? When it's sales are interpreted
imaginatively rather than presented in hard, cold numbers. But poetic
renderings of sales figures may soon come to an end, because a company
called Bookscan, a unit of the media group VNU of the Netherlands, is about
to introduce a system that will disseminate sales information collected at
the cash registers of bookstores nationwide. Bookscan has cut already cut
deals with Borders, Barnes & Noble, Costco, and Target, and will record
more than half the book sales in the United States. Jennifer Rudolph Walsh
of the William Morris agency says: "Something like that could actually be
the death of some kinds of literary darlings -- when you try to sell the
next book, the perception of their sales would be, frankly, so true to life
that it would prevent people from looking at the big picture, that a book
is prestigious or has prize potential or is well reviewed or
something." (New York Times 18 Jun 2001)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/18/technology/18BOOK.html
DICK ARMEY CONTINUES OPPOSITION TO CARNIVORE
In a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft, House majority leader Dick
Armey (R-Texas) is urging the Justice Department and the FBI to consider
abandoning its DCS-1000 system (popularly known as "Carnivore"), which
monitors large amounts of Internet traffic in search of communications to
or from the target of an investigation. Armey noted that the Supreme Court
has just ruled that the police must discontinue use of thermal-imaging
technology to look inside a suspect's house, and argued that the same
privacy principles apply to Carnivore. (New York Times 14 Jun 2001)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/06/14/technology/14CARN.html
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Here are the 17 new Etexts and 4 improved Dumas Musketeers Etexts
[17 Etexts per week would yield 884 per year]
Jan 2003 John Bull's Other Island by George Bernard Shaw#18[jbullxxx.xxx]3612
Jan 2003 Second Shetland Truck System Report, Angus Johnson[truckxxx.xxx]3611
[Truck is a term similar to barter, I would also index under barter]
Jan 2003 The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Yonge[tdcoaxxx.xxx]3610
Jan 2003 To-morrow? by Victoria Cross [Also: Tomorrow?] [tmrrwxxx.xxx]3609
Jan 2003 Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Rob't Tressell[rggdpxxx.xxx]3608
[Full Listing: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell]
Jan 2003 Ismailia, by Samuel W. Baker[Samuel White Baker#5][ismlaxxx.xxx]3607
Jan 2003 Antonina, by Wilkie Collins [Wilkie Collins #24][ntnnaxxx.xxx]3606
05
Jan 2003 On The Firing Line, by A. C. Ray and H. B. Fuller [frnglxxx.xxx]3605
[Authors' Full Names: Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller]
Jan 2003 Jailed for Freedom, by Doris Stevens [j4frexxx.xxx]3604
Jan 2003 Quotations From Guy de Maupassant, by David Widger[dwqgmxxx.xxx]3603
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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V15, 1877, Cotton [MN#15][mn15vxxx.xxx]3595
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V14, 1877, Cotton [MN#14][mn14vxxx.xxx]3594
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V13, 1877, Cotton [MN#13][mn13vxxx.xxx]3593
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V12, 1877, Cotton [MN#12][mn12vxxx.xxx]3592
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V11, 1877, Cotton [MN#11][mn11vxxx.xxx]3591
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V4, by Richard Burton[41001xxx.xxx]3438
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[Full Title: The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night, Volumes 1 - 16]
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Jan 2002 Project Gutenberg Dumas Commentary, by John Bursey[vbcomxxx.xxx]3010
[The following are now available in significantly improved 11th editions as
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Aug 2001 The Man in the Iron Mask[The Novel]Dumas, Pere #28[nmaskxxx.xxx]2759
[This is the novel entitled The Man in the Iron Mask. The essay is #2751]
Jul 2001 Louise de la Valliere, by Alexandre Dumas, Pere #9[luisexxx.xxx]2710
Jun 2001 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #8][tenyrxxx.xxx]2681
Apr 2001 The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, Pere[vicomxxx.xxx]2609
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Please see the introduction which describes the various books of this title,
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and what in what order to read them.
Also see:
Mar 1998 Ten Years Later, by Alexandre Dumas[Dumas Pere #3][2muskxxx.xxx]1258
and
We discovered a duplication in filenames we thought we had fixed long ago:
Apr 1997 Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis #2[ironmxxx.xxx] 876
These ironm10.txt and ironm10.zip files are now liron10.txt and liron10.zip]
Apr 1997 Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis #2[lironxxx.xxx] 876
The novel The Man In The Iron Mask by Dumas stays ironm10.txt & ironm10.zip]
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COLOMBIA'S '.CO' SET TO CHALLENGE '.COM'
Colombia's La Universidad de Los Andes, which has managed the country's
".co" country code since 1991, is inviting bids from companies that would
market the name internationally as a convenient substitute for ".com." The
proceeds would be used for scholarships and investments. "This thing has
the potential to be much larger than '.biz,'" says the president of
DomainRegistry.com. "It really means that everybody that has a '.com' name
has to lock up a '.co' name. It really is kind of holding a gun to the head
of registrants." The ".co" name has already made its debut in cyberspace as
part of ".co.uk," a domain name launched in the UK as an alternative to
".com." Unlike Tuvalu and Cocos Islands, which sold the rights to their
".tv" and ".cc" suffixes, the university is not selling the name, just
opening it up to other users. (Reuters 11 Jun 2001)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010611/13/net-tech-internet-colombia-dc
INTERNET BY THE NUMBERS
Here's a snapshot of current Internet activity. According to recent studies
by Media Metrix, Yahoo and MSN are each getting 12 million or more unique
daily visitors, in comparison to Passport (6.2 million), Hotmail (6.1
million), AOL (5.0 million), Netscape (3.2 million), eBay (2.8 million),
iwon (2.7 million), Microsoft.com (2.7 million), and Excite (2.6 million).
Sites in the portal, services, and entertainment categories get the most
visitors, with 58.9, 50.0, and 40.0 million unique daily visitors
respectively, followed by retail sites with 36.3 million and "corporate
presence" sites with 34.2 million. (Business 2.0 26 Jun 2001)
http://www.business2.com
[and who warned about "Information Overload" first?
Perhaps it was this:]
"There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something
that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have
useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." (Arthur Conan Doyle)
WINDOWS XP FEATURE CAN RE-EDIT OTHERS' SITES
Microsoft has added another controversial feature to its new
Windows XP product. The "Smart Tags" utility in Internet Explorer
adds hyperlinks to Web pages. The links take users to sites owned
or endorsed by Microsoft. Although the beta XP version in which
the utility was found may be changed before XP's release this
fall, observers say the existence of such a utility is disturbing.
Microsoft officials say the Smart Tags are meant to help users
find information on "under-linked" sites, and note that the tags
would be set to "off" in default mode. The company also says the
new Internet Explorer would work with other Smart Tag programs
developed by other vendors, although those of other vendors
would not be built into the system in the same way Microsoft's
product is. (Wall Street Journal, 7 June 2001)
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MICROSOFT "HIGHLY UNLIKELY" TO BECOME NETWORK CARRIER
Microsoft's new version of Windows XP, to be released this fall, will
include high-quality phone and directory features. The new system will
offer such features as the ability to follow a person anywhere the person
can be reached (desktop to home to cell phone, etc.), and will create the
possibility of important new revenue streams for Microsoft for subscription
services such as Caller ID and voice mail. Former Bell Labs researcher
David Isenberg predicts that "Microsoft is going to suck the value out of
telecommunications companies," but Microsoft senior vice president Craig
Mundie demurs: "I think it's highly unlikely that we will become a network
carrier. To the extent that we can add a cool capability, maybe it's
possible that we can make it a subscription service." Investment manager
Andrew J. Kessler sums up the situation this way: "The phone companies
should be increasingly worried." (New York Times 12 Jun 2001)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/technology/12SOFT.html
NETSCAPE CEDES BROWSER WAR, WANTS TO BE A HUB
"The browser is the crown jewel," says Netscape president Jim Bankoff.
"However, six months from now you won't consider Netscape to be a browser
company." Instead, the new strategy calls for Netscape to function as a hub
for Time Warner media properties, including Fortune and Time magazines and
24-hour cable news network CNN. So far, about 18 Time Warner publication
and programming sites have been embedded in the toolbar that runs along the
top of the Netscape media site. Netscape is also broadening its reach
beyond the PC and has also recently struck deals for its browser to be used
in Sony's PlayStation2 and in Gateway's Touchpad. (Reuters 6 Jun 2001)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010606/01/net-tech-netscape-dc
NETZERO, JUNO TO MERGE
NetZero and Juno Online Services, the two biggest providers of free
Internet access, will merge in an all-stock $71-million deal that is
expected to create the nation's second-largest Internet connection company.
The merged entity, called United Online, will have 7 million subscribers,
making it second behind AOL, which has about 30 million subscribers.
EarthLink claims 4.8 million users. Under the terms of the deal, NetZero
will own 61.5% of the new company with Juno owning the rest.
(Financial Times 8 Jun 2001)
http://news.ft.com/news/industries/media
NEW CORPORATE SOFTWARE SEARCHES EVERYWHERE -- EVEN PERSONAL HARD DRIVES
New productivity software from AltaVista will allow companies to collect
data from anywhere in the organization: including not only corporate
networks but also individual e-mail accounts and employee PCs. The software
is able to search through more than 200 different computer applications and
recognize 30 different languages. Privacy advocates are worried. Attorney
Gregg Williams says: "This could open a real Pandora's Box. There are some
private things on office computers that you really don't want to know
about." And Richard Smith of the Privacy Foundation says the software is
"really dangerous" and warns that it "would hurt both companies and their
employees by damaging morale." But Dana Gardner of the Aberdeen Group has
little use for such concerns: "For every person that gets a little
embarrassed because some personal information gets passed around the
office, there are going to be more people who are able to find important
information that helps them close a sale with an important customer or
build a better mousetrap." (AP/Washington Post 12 Jun 2001)
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/latestap/A54075-2001Jun12.html
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Dec 2002 The Complete Essays of Montaigne, Cotton [MN#20][mn20vxxx.xxx]3600*
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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V18, 1877, Cotton [MN#18][mn18vxxx.xxx]3598*
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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V13, 1877, Cotton [MN#13][mn13vxxx.xxx]3593*
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Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V10, 1877, Cotton [MN#10][mn10vxxx.xxx]3590
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V9, 1877, Cotton [MN#09][mn09vxxx.xxx]3589
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V8, 1877, Cotton [MN#08][mn08vxxx.xxx]3588
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V7, 1877, Cotton [MN#07][mn07vxxx.xxx]3587
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V6, 1877, Cotton [MN#06][mn06vxxx.xxx]3586
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V5, 1877, Cotton [MN#05][mn05vxxx.xxx]3585
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V4, 1877, Cotton [MN#04][mn04vxxx.xxx]3584
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V3, 1877, Cotton [MN#03][mn03vxxx.xxx]3583
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V2, 1877, Cotton [MN#02][mn02vxxx.xxx]3582
Dec 2002 The Essays of Montaigne, V1, 1877, Cotton [MN#01][mn01vxxx.xxx]3581
Dec 2002 Complete Life of Napoleon, V13, by Constant[NB#30][nc13vxxx.xxx]3580
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V12, by Constant [NB#29][nc12vxxx.xxx]3579
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V11, by Constant [NB#28][nc11vxxx.xxx]3578
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V10, by Constant [NB#27][nc10vxxx.xxx]3577
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V9, by Constant [NB#26][nc09vxxx.xxx]3576
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V8, by Constant [NB#25][nc08vxxx.xxx]3575
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V7, by Constant [NB#24][nc07vxxx.xxx]3574
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V6, by Constant [NB#23][nc06vxxx.xxx]3573
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V5, by Constant [NB#22][nc05vxxx.xxx]3572
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V4, by Constant [NB#21][nc04vxxx.xxx]3571
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V3, by Constant [NB#20][nc03vxxx.xxx]3570
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V2, by Constant [NB#19][nc02vxxx.xxx]3569
Dec 2002 Private Life of Napoleon, V1, by Constant [NB#18][nc01vxxx.xxx]3568
Dec 2002 Complete Memoirs of Napoleon, by Bourrienne[NB#17][nb17vxxx.xxx]3567
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, by Bourrienne [NB#16][nb16vxxx.xxx]3566
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, by Bourrienne [NB#15][nb15vxxx.xxx]3565
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, by Bourrienne [NB#14][nb14vxxx.xxx]3564
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, by Bourrienne [NB#13][nb13vxxx.xxx]3563
Nov 2002 La Mere Bauche, by Anthony Trollope [Trollope #12][merbuxxx.xxx]3550
Nov 2002 Cowley's Essays, by Abraham Cowley [cowesxxx.xxx]3549
Nov 2002 The Pharisee And Publican, by John Bunyan[Bunyan5][pharpxxx.xxx]3548
Nov 2002 See America First, by Orville O. Hiestand [cusa1xxx.xxx]3547
Nov 2002 The Eureka Stockade, by Carboni Raffaello[Carboni][rkstkxxx.xxx]3546
[Wrote as Carboni Raffaello, however Carboni was really Raffaello Carboni]
Nov 2002 The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith #3[cpwogxxx.xxx]3545
Nov 2002 How He Lied to Her Husband, by George Bernard Shaw[lied2xxx.xxx]3544
Nov 2002 Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw [GBS #16][hrtbkxxx.xxx]3543
Nov 2002 Quotations of Jacques Casanova, by David Widger #6[dwqjcxxx.xxx]3542
Nov 2002 Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow by Tolstoi[tecomxxx.xxx]3541
Nov 2002 Article On The Census In Moscow, by Leo Tolstoi/11[ancimxxx.xxx]3540
[Also list under Lyof and Tolstoi, middle inital is N.]
Nov 2002 The Love-Chase, by James Sheridan Knowles [JSK #2][lvchsxxx.xxx]3539
Nov 2002 The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok [ewbokxxx.xxx]3538
[The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, by Edward William Bok]
Nov 2002 Frederick The Great And His Family, by L. Muhlbach[ftghfxxx.xxx]3537
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]
Nov 2002 The Enchanted Castle, by E. Nesbit [E. Nesbit #9] [nchtlxxx.xxx]3536
Nov 2002 The Expedition to Botany Bay, by Watkin Tench [#2][tetbbxxx.xxx]3535
[Full Title: A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay]
Nov 2002 The Settlement at Port Jackson, by Watkin Tench #1[tsapjxxx.xxx]3534
[Full Title: A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson]
Nov 2002 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town/Stephen Leacock[sskltxxx.xxx]3533
Nov 2002 My Discovery of England, by Stephen Leacock[SL #1][mdscvxxx.xxx]3532
Nov 2002 Quotations of Lord Chesterfield by David Widger #6[dwqlcxxx.xxx]3531
Nov 2002 Love-at-Arms, by Rafael Sabatini [Sabatini #16][laarmxxx.xxx]3530
Nov 2002 Sweden, Norway and Denmark, by Mary Wollstonecraft[ltswdxxx.xxx]3529
[Full Title: Letters on Sweden, Norway and Denmark]
Also see:
Sep 2002 Vindication of Rights of Woman/Mary Wollstonecraft[vorowxxx.xxx]3420
May 1994 Maria or the Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft [maria10x.xxx] 134
Nov 2002 Beethoven: The Man And The Artist/Kerst & Krehbiel[lvbmaxxx.xxx]3528
[Full Title: Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words]
[Authors' Full Names:]
[Ludwig van Beethoven, edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel]
Nov 2002 The Blue Moon, by Laurence Housman [tblmnxxx.xxx]3527
Nov 2002 Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne[Verne #16][5wiabxxx.xxx]3526
Nov 2002 Music and Other Poems, by Henry van Dyke [HVD #6] [mscopxxx.xxx]3525
Oct 2002 Ceiriog, by John Ceiriog Hughes [This is in Welsh][ceirgxxx.xxx]3500
[This Etext is available as ceirg10h.htm and .zip and ceirg10.txt and .zip]
[May not yet be available in HTML on archive.org]
Oct 2002 Buch Der Lieder, by Heinrich Heine [H. Heine #4][xliedxxx.xxx]3498
[Translation: Book Of Songs, 7lied* is unaccented German 8lied* has accents]
Oct 2002 The Swiss Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP #2][swtwnxxx.xxx]3497
Oct 2002 The Japanese Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins [LFP #1][jptwnxxx.xxx]3496
[We could probably use a little more proofing on these two]
Oct 2002 The King of Ireland's Son, by Padraic Colum [kisonxxx.xxx]3495
Oct 2002 Bluebeard, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Kate Wiggin #20][blbrdxxx.xxx]3494
Oct 2002 Widger's Quotations from Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.[W5][dwqohxxx.xxx]3493
[Full Title: Widger's Quotations from the Works of Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.]
Oct 2002 Homespun Tales, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Wiggin #18][hspunxxx.xxx]3492
Oct 2002 Missy, by Dana Gatlin [missyxxx.xxx]3491
Oct 2002 The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie [Barrie #5][theacxxx.xxx]3490
Oct 2002 Fabre, Poet of Science, by G. V. (C. V.) Legros [fbrpsxxx.xxx]3489
Oct 2002 The Inca of Perusalem by George Bernard Shaw [#13][incapxxx.xxx]3486
Oct 2002 Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress, by Shaw [#12][annajxxx.xxx]3485
Oct 2002 O'Flaherty V.C., by George Bernard Shaw [Shaw #11][oflvcxxx.xxx]3484
Oct 2002 Quotations of William Dean Howells by David Widger[dwqwhxxx.xxx]3483
Oct 2002 The North-West Passage, by Richard Hakluyt [nwpasxxx.xxx]3482
Oct 2002 The Life of George Borrow, by Herbert Jenkins [lfgbrxxx.xxx]3481
Oct 2002 The Hunchback, by James Sheridan Knowles [hnchbxxx.xxx]3480
Oct 2002 The Metal Monster, by A. Merritt [A. Merritt #2][memonxxx.xxx]3479
Oct 2002 Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson [legvaxxx.xxx]3478
Oct 2002 The Verse-Book Of A Homely Woman, by Fay Inchfawn [vbohwxxx.xxx]3477
[Pseudonym of Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]
Oct 2002 Henry VIII And His Court, by Louise Muhlbach[LM#5][h8ahcxxx.xxx]3476
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]
Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [effncxxx.xxx]3475
Oct 2002 Jeremy, by Hugh Walpole [Hugh Walpole #2][jremyxxx.xxx]3474
Oct 2002 Merton of the Movies, by Harry Leon Wilson [mrtnmxxx.xxx]3472
Oct 2002 Widger's Quotations of Charles D. Warner [DW#3][dwqcwxxx.xxx]3471
Oct 2002 Such is Life, by Tom Collins [aka Joseph Furphy][slifexxx.xxx]3470
Oct 2002 The Hand of Ethelberta, by Thomas Hardy[Hardy #23][ethbrxxx.xxx]3469
Oct 2002 Poems by the Way, by William Morris[Wm Morris #11][pmbwyxxx.xxx]3468
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V3, by Richard Burton[31001xxx.xxx]3437
[These are in 7 and 8 bit unaccented and accented versions]
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[Full Title: The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night, Volumes 1 - 16]
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